{"id":973691,"date":"2019-11-22T15:22:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=916574"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:22:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:22:13","slug":"partynextdoor-fans-we-finally-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/partynextdoor-fans-we-finally-eating\/","title":{"rendered":"PartyNextDoor Fans, We Finally Eating"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There it was. After two years, the voice we loved \u2014 that garbled, processed, quivering, mush-mouthed voice singing nigh-unintelligible nonsense \u2014 was back. Jahron Anthony Brathwaite, better known as PartyNextDoor<\/a>, had unfortunately been in the wilderness for a while. Since becoming a micro-icon to a generation of bloggers and Drake<\/a> stans in a startling short amount of time back in 2013, not a day has gone by in which a sad (if unoriginal) fan isn\u2019t reposting \u201cBreak From Toronto\u201d to social media. There have also been collaborations with EDM titans (Major Lazer, Calvin Harris) and pop stars (Zayn), music videos featuring Kylie Jenner, and on-again, off-again TMZ updates with Kehlani. In spite of that \u2014 or because of \u2014  he dropped two certified classics (PARTYNEXTDOOR<\/em>, P2<\/em>) and became a legitimate behind-the-scenes threat, writing hits for Rihanna (\u201cWork,\u201d \u201cSex With Me\u201d), Beyonc\u00e9 (\u201cShining\u201d), and Drake (on too many songs to count).<\/p>\n

But as PND\u2019s profile grew, his music suffered. His third album, P3<\/em>, was a slog. The less said about 2017\u2019s Seven Days <\/em>the better. Everything, from PND\u2019s voice to his pen, was wearing thin. But \u201cLoyal,\u201d which PND dropped on Friday, feels like a re-centering for an artist with an outsized artistic footprint this decade.<\/p>\n

Produced by Dregotjuice, Noah \u201c40\u201d Shebib, and OG Parker, \u201cLoyal\u201d sees the Mississauga musician shed his angst and patent prickliness. The tropical pop and drastic AutoTune vocal runs are intact, but there\u2019s also a new sense of sweetness \u2014 instead of the usual overflowing horniness (check out the highly underrated song \u201cFWU, which is about, well, trying to fuck with you) that characterized most of PND\u2019s later work. \u201cYou\u2019re my best friend,\u201d PND sings, extending the \u201cend\u201d into a long coo. Later, PND doubles down on the saccharine, \u201cWe spent the last three summers on our own \/ We get it on and then you go \/ I just don\u2019t want anyone \/ No one at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Drake eventually makes an appearance, but his contribution feels less than vital; more a sentient streaming bump than something that was artistically needed. After years of decline, \u201cLoyal\u201d is a return to Party\u2019s world. Everything else feels superfluous.<\/p>\n